#686850#686850

#686850 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.036 H 107.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686850
RGB	rgb(104, 104, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 23%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.1%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.39, -4.43, 13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.39, 14.28, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% -0.011 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.036 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1072, 13.4230, 9.5410)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686850 #505068

analogous

#685C50 #686850 #5C6850

triadic

#686850 #506868 #685068

tetradic

#686850 #50685C #505068 #68505C

square

#686850 #50685C #505068 #68505C

split-complementary

#686850 #505C68 #5C5068

monochromatic

#23231B #454535 #686850 #8B8B6B #A6A68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#686850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#686850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686850

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686850	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C664F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 104, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.036 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939381',
    500: '#686850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686850;
$custom-light: #939381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51044,
    "c": 0.0362,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686850

secondary

#7F7F95

accent

#72B672

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686850

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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